Big Bouffant

Dissatisfied with the state of her classmates' coiffeurs - "Ponytails and braids! / Ponytails and braids! / I don't see anything but / ponytails and braids! / This class needs some fashion. / This class needs some fun. / I'll find a hairdo to / impress everyone" - Annabelle, the heroine of this rhym......more

Spunky Annabelle does not want to look like every other girl in her class--their hairstyles are so ordinary and unimaginative! She convinces her mother to give her the most fabulous hairstyle she can think of--a big, big bouffant! Her classmates' initial skepticism turns to interest, then to admirat......more

Kate Hosford has given us a cute book about wanting to be an individual in a world where everyone feels the same. Annabelle doesn't want to wear the same boring hairstyles that everyone else is always wearing. When she sees a picture of her grandmother with a "marvelous tower of hair" she knows what......more